2024-11-21T11:58:12-05:00 https://archinect.com/features/article/150197084/sci-arc-s-2020-digital-spring-show-the-future-of-showcasing-student-work-online Katherine Guimapang 2020-06-04T13:48:00-04:00 >2024-01-23T19:16:08-05:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/cc/ccdbb67ddb150fa0b4121f621426e741.jpeg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><p>With <a href="https://archinect.com/features/tag/1536843/covid-19" target="_blank">COVID-19</a> challenging the nature of in-person events, architecture groups and <a href="https://archinect.com/schools" target="_blank">schools</a> have been forced to think outside the box with how they conduct these gatherings by pivoting to <a href="https://archinect.com/virtualevents" target="_blank">virtual events</a> for online audiences.&nbsp;</p> <p>Specifically within the academic context, online video platforms and community streaming services have aided in adjusting to this new focus on virtual interactions and gatherings. However, when it comes to highly anticipated school events like <a href="https://archinect.com/news/article/150199583/graduating-this-semester-send-us-your-thesis-or-year-end-project-for-publication-on-archinect" target="_blank">thesis</a> exhibitions, spring shows, and graduation, is it possible to replicate the excitement of the IRL experience?&nbsp;</p> https://archinect.com/features/article/150011097/discussing-the-role-of-jargon-and-difficulty-with-harvard-gsd-s-k-michael-hays-lisa-haber-thomson Julia Ingalls 2017-06-09T10:30:00-04:00 >2022-03-16T09:16:08-04:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/s6/s6mj9cgv3ofnf651.jpeg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><p>Why are introductory architecture courses often packed with dense, off-putting jargon? It&rsquo;s a question I didn't anticipate asking an esteemed architectural historian and current Harvard GSD professor, yet after I unintentionally offended K. Michael Hays by publicly airing my annoyances with jargon and difficulty as part of <a href="http://archinect.com/news/article/150005958/christopher-hawthorne-la-times-architecture-critic-reviews-harvard-s-first-online-architecture-course" target="_blank">a recap of a review of his new online course</a>, I realized that I needed to ask it. In fact, I owed it to the Professor; it&rsquo;s unfair to criticize someone&rsquo;s teaching style if one hasn&rsquo;t thoroughly experienced it, although I've taken courses taught by others that used a similar approach.</p>